Adam Sandler on the 2022 Gotham Awards. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute) The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Filmmaker‘s writer, introduced in the present day vital modifications to its Gotham Awards eligibility standards, eradicating fully the earlier $35 million finances cap for submitted movies. That means studio movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer might doubtlessly compete towards smaller-scale independents, movies like 2022 nominees Best Feature nominees The Cathedral and Dos Estacionnes.
Additionally within the lead-up to an awards season already impacted by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, The Gotham introduced that worldwide movies will likely be eligible to compete alongside U.S. titles within the following classes: Outstanding Lead Performance, Outstanding Supporting Performance, Best Screenplay, and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award. Best Feature will likely be restricted to U.S. options solely, and Best International Feature will likely be open to all non-U.S. options. The Best Documentary Feature class will likely be open to each U.S. and worldwide titles.
From the press launch:
“For the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards, we’re excited to include more voices from around the globe by expanding eligibility for the many brilliant international films and filmmakers who deserve to be in consideration this year,” mentioned Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute. “Additionally, with shifting budgets, we’ve decided to eliminate arbitrary budget caps for submission eligibility – first instituted over a decade ago – to broaden our reach in terms of recognition and accessibility to the wider community.”
“The entire Gotham team is thrilled to kick off another year of the Gotham Awards, which has the distinct role of being the first honors of the film awards season,” mentioned Anthony Bregman, Board of Directors Co-Chair of The Gotham Film & Media Institute. “With the decision by the Board to eliminate the budget cap and make international films eligible for more categories this year, we are excited to welcome more of the world’s best storytellers and projects into the awards season conversation.”
Over the course of its historical past, the Gotham Awards have fluctuated of their lodging of larger-budgeted titles. The Gotham Awards had been established in 1991, however the Best Feature aggressive class was not even initiated till 2004, when Sideways took house the prize. The following 12 months the winner was Capote earlier than controversy ensued in 2006 when The Departed (reported finances $90 million) competed alongside ultra-low-budget movies similar to Old Joy and Half Nelson (the winner). The following 12 months The Gotham eschewed a proper finances cap however acknowledged that “an economy of means” can be a range standards. Over the years, that language disappeared whereas a finances cap was reinstated, with final 12 months’s $35 million permitting for the profitable movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, to compete towards lower-budget titles just like the The Cathedral and Aftersun.
The submissions deadline is September 14 for the next competitors classes: Best Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature, Outstanding Lead Performance, Outstanding Supporting Performance, Best Screenplay, Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award, Breakthrough Series (Over 40 minutes), Breakthrough Series (Under 40 minutes), and Outstanding Performance in a New Series.
Gotham Award nominations will likely be introduced October 24, and the ceremony will likely be held November 27 at Cipriani Wall Street. Further details about the occasion and submissions may be discovered on The Gotham Awards website.
